Assume that the adoption of a new technology costing $8 per year lowers the marginal cost of producing Good X from $7 to $3 . The firm will adopt the new technology if it expects annual profit to increase from $14 to $18

The Bubby Gum factory produces bubble gum. Joanne is one of the employees, and she produces 10 packs of bubble gum per hour. Joanne's money wage rate is $12 per hour. Based on this information, the Bubby Gum company should

A) fire Joanne because she creates a loss for the firm. B) increase its demand for labor. C) decrease Joanne's wage rate because she is paid too much. D) keep Joanne because she creates a profit for the firm. E) None of the above answers is correct because more information about Joanne's real wage is needed to decide what to do.

The Smoot-Hawley trade bill of 1930, designed to save jobs and increase revenue for the federal government, resulted in

What will be an ideal response?